Włodzimierz Wolski (9 October 1824, Pultusk – 29 July 1882, Brussels) was a Polish poet, novelist, translator, and librettist. He is best known as the author of the

libretto A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...

Stanisław Moniuszko Stanisław Moniuszko (; May 5, 1819 – June 4, 1872) was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. He wrote many popular art songs and operas, and his music is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish–Lithuania ...

's opera ''

Halka ''Halka'' is an opera by Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko to a libretto written by Włodzimierz Wolski, a young Warsaw poet with radical social views. It is part of the canon of Polish national operas. Performance history The first perf ...

''. He grew up in Warsaw and published his poems and prose in magazines there. He took part in the

January Uprising The January Uprising ( pl, powstanie styczniowe; lt, 1863 metų sukilimas; ua, Січневе повстання; russian: Польское восстание; ) was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at ...

and settled in Brussels after the defeat.

Works

Poetry * ''Ojciec Hilary (Father Hillary)'' * ''Halka'' * ''Połośka'' * ''Śpiewy powstańcze (Songs of Insurgents)'' * ''Promyki (Rays)'' * ''Listy z Belgii (Letters from Belgium)'' Librettos * ''

'' * '' The Countess'' * Połośka gwinciarska

References

* Zofia Lewinówna, ''Literatura polska. Przewodnik encyklopedyczny'', Volume II, Warsaw 1985, p. 624. Polish male poets Polish male novelists Polish translators Opera librettists 1824 births 1882 deaths 19th-century translators 19th-century Polish poets 19th-century Polish novelists 19th-century Polish dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Polish male writers Polish male dramatists and playwrights People from Pułtusk {{Poland-writer-stub